Love and Monsters
2020, PG-13, 109 min.
Directed by Michael Matthews, Starring Dylan O’Brien, Ellen Hollman, Michael Rooker, Jessica Henwick.
Not reviewed at press time. Young romance gets squishy in a new way as Joel Dawson (O’Brien) risks life, limb, and heart in his quest to be reunited with his teen crush. Only problem is that there’s a world full of gooey bug beasts in the way …
This article appears in October 16 • 2020.
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